Tag Archives: crime fiction

Review: Unseen

Posted on 05/05/2013 by

I’m listening to Bon Jovi in the background as I review  Karin Slaughter’s latest ‘shockbuster’ Unseen and there’s something in that. You can’t call Bon Jovi or Karin Slaughter edifying, let alone highbrow. But both are very good at what they do, their writing … Continue reading →

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Review: The Sacrificial Man

Posted on 04/02/2013 by

The Sacrificial Man by British writer Ruth Dugdall is a dark, absorbing, satisfyingly twisted psychological thriller. The second novel to feature probation officer Cate Austin, The Sacrificial Man sees Cate charged with preparing a pre-sentence report for Alice Mariani, who is … Continue reading →

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Readin’ all over the world

Posted on 07/01/2013 by

Inspired by Bernadette’s Virtual Travelling post at Reactions to Reading, I thought I’d take stock of where in the world my reading took me in 2012. Bernadette managed to visit 21 countries in the course of reading 110 books in … Continue reading →

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Review: Salvation of a Saint

Posted on 05/12/2012 by

Finland-based American writer James Thompson recently lamented how Stieg Larsson’s name gets bandied about as a cynical ploy by journalists, critics and reviewers to sell more papers, ensure more web hits. I suspect this is what’s behind the quote from The Times on the … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 2

Posted on 26/11/2012 by

Further to Part 1 of my debrief on the Crime & Justice Festival 2012,  on Saturday afternoon Rochelle Jackson interviewed Ian Rankin, Shane Maloney and Stuart Littlemore about their protagonists, John Rebus, Murray Whelan and Harry Curry respectively, on a panel called … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 1

Posted on 23/11/2012 by

For three days last week, a stretch of Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD between Swanston and Russell Streets was transformed into a literary precinct, a string of new venues hosting the return of the Reader’s Feast Crime and Justice Festival. … Continue reading →

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Crime in church (not what you’re thinking)

Posted on 15/11/2012 by

As someone who never enters a church these days unless it’s for a funeral, I’m unusually excited at the prospect of appearing both in a church and convent in the forthcoming week. This weekend I’m in the Baptist Church at … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival 2012

Posted on 21/10/2012 by

It is fitting that Ian Rankin is headlining this year’s Crime & Justice Festival, harking as he does from Edinburgh, the first UNESCO City of Literature. With Reader’s Feast Bookstore now operating from their chic premises on Collins Street, the Crime & … Continue reading →

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Hard Labour starts to pay off

Posted on 13/10/2012 by

There are times when maintaining a blog is a drag, a necessary evil for a fiction writer who would frankly rather spend her precious time writing fiction. Times when I struggle to find something interesting to blog about. Other times … Continue reading →

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The Teardrop Tattoos now available

Posted on 03/10/2012 by

I’m thrilled to announce my award winning short story The Teardrop Tattoos is now available to purchase here on Amazon for Kindle readers. Set in Melbourne, Australia, the story is told by an anonymous narrator recently released from prison into public … Continue reading →

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